COMMIT Nepal

Organizational Background

Community Empowerment and Transformation (COMMIT) Nepal consists of members of the Badi community in Nepal and actively engaged in the promotion of Badi community and other excluded marginalized communities under the theme of ‘A Community Campaign for Rights, Justice, Empowerment, Livelihood and Transformation.’ COMMIT Nepal was formally established in 2008 as a community-based organization. It is constituted as non-governmental, non-profit making, independent, autonomous and social organization. It is also a forum for raising the collective voices of Badi and marginalized communities to ensure their rights, dignity, and opportunity through policy influencing, networking and community empowerment.

It is registered at the District Administration Office Banke (DAO Regd. # 936/064/065) and affiliated with the Social welfare council (SWC affiliated # 25082/064/065), as well as registered in the Internal Revenue Office (PAN No. 303035925) and under the process of receiving paper for ‘tax exemption social organization. ‘The Executive Board consists of a total of 9 members including 3 male and 6 female with a total of 152 general members including 69 male and 83 female.

Since its inception, COMMIT Nepal has been working on different issues, which include interaction, meeting, workshop, and advocacy/lobby to ensure rights and justice for the Badi community. Income generation, vocational skill training and establishment of entrepreneurship as part of community empowerment, Goat for Badi Girls’ Project for prevention and rehabilitation, and education sponsorship to continue quality education of Badi girls’ with the support from FWLD Kathmandu, Save the Children Norway Nepalgunj, Alliance Nepal/USAID Kathmandu, Five 14 LLC the USA and COM Switzerland. Now it is currently running Karuna project for education support and vocational skills and its entrepreneurship support for Badi girls and women in Banke and Bardia districts.